I have a problem with a jQuery UI 1.7.2 sortable list in Firefox 3.6, IE7-8 work fine. When I\'m scrolled down a bit, the helper element seems to have an offset of the same
If you want to prevent browser sniffing, the CSS only solution is to set the ul or a container style to overflow: auto. If you look at the source through firebug, it's the way jQuery does it in their example.